1875 MLB Losses by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games lost
The Brooklyn Atlantics led all of MLB in losses in 1875, with 42, 2 ahead of the New Haven Elm Citys. The average across 13 MLB teams is 25.8.
Led all of MLB in 1875
Brooklyn Atlantics
44 games
42
Losses
2 clear of New Haven Elm Citys
| # | Team | League | G | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 44 | 42 |
| 2 | New Haven Elm Citys | NA | 47 | 40 |
| 3 | New York Mutuals | NA | 71 | 38 |
| 4 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 69 | 37 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 70 | 31 |
| 6 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NA | 70 | 29 |
| 7 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 86 | 28 |
| MLB average | 25.8 | |||
| 8 | Washington Nationals | NA | 28 | 23 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 77 | 20 |
| 10 | St. Louis Red Stockings | NA | 19 | 15 |
| 11 | Keokuk Westerns | NA | 13 | 12 |
| 11 | Philadelphia Centennials | NA | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 82 | 8 |
A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.